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Poetic Edda
And greeted well the warrior come:
"Sigurth, welcome long since had been thine;
Now, Geitir, shalt thou Grani take."
"Sigurth, welcome long since had been thine;
Now, Geitir, shalt thou Grani take."
6. Then of many things they talked,
When thus the men so wise had met.
When thus the men so wise had met.
Sigurth spake:
"To me, if thou knowest, my mother's brother,
Say what life will Sigurth's be."
"To me, if thou knowest, my mother's brother,
Say what life will Sigurth's be."
Gripir spake:
7. "Of men thou shalt be on earth the mightiest,
And higher famed than all the heroes;
Free of gold-giving, slow to flee,
Noble to see, and sage in speech."
7. "Of men thou shalt be on earth the mightiest,
And higher famed than all the heroes;
Free of gold-giving, slow to flee,
Noble to see, and sage in speech."
Sigurth spake:
8. "Monarch wise, now more I ask;
To Sigurth say, if thou thinkest to see,
What first will chance of my fortune fair,
When hence I go from out thy home?"
8. "Monarch wise, now more I ask;
To Sigurth say, if thou thinkest to see,
What first will chance of my fortune fair,
When hence I go from out thy home?"
- ↑ Thy father: on the death of Sigmund and Eylimi at the hands of Hunding's sons see Fra Dautha Sinfjotla and note.
Grani: Sigurth's horse. According to the Volsungasaga his father was Sleipnir, Othin's eight-legged horse, and Othin himself gave him to Sigurth. The introductory note to the Reginsmol tells a different story.
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